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AUTHOR          :    Erwin Aligam
WEBSITE         :   http://www.styleshout.com/
TEMPLATE NAME   :  CoolWater
TEMPLATE CODE   :   S-0019
VERSION         :   1.1
DATE            :  January 18, 2010

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/* ---------------------------------------------------
   HTML ELEMENTS
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/* top elements */
* { margin: 0; padding: 0; outline: 0; }

body {
  background: #caced1;
  font: 70%/1.5em Verdana, Tahoma, arial, sans-serif;
  color: #777;
  text-align: center;
  margin: 15px 0;
}

/* links */
a, a:visited {
  text-decoration: none;
  background: inherit;
  color: #FB9233; 
}
a:hover {
  text-decoration: underline;
  background: inherit;
  color: #93C600;
}

/* headers */
h1, h2, h3 { font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Tahoma, Sans-serif;  }
h1 {
  font-size: 180%;  
  font-weight: normal;  
  color: #555;
}
h2 {
  font-size: 160%;
  color: #88ac0b;
  font-weight: normal;
}
h3 {
  font-size: 135%;   
  color: #666666;
}

/* images */
img {
  background: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #E5E5E5;
  padding: 7px;
}
img.float-right { margin: 5px 0px 10px 10px;  }
img.float-left { margin: 5px 10px 10px 0px; }

h1, h2, h3, p {
  margin: 10px 15px;
  padding: 0;
}
ul, ol {
  margin: 5px 15px;
  padding: 0 25px;
}

code {
  margin: 5px 0;
  padding: 15px;
  text-align: left;
  display: block;
  overflow: auto;  
  font: 500 1em/1.5em 'Lucida Console', 'courier new', monospace ;
  /* white-space: pre; */
  border: 1px solid #E5F0FB;  
  background: #F4F8FD;
}
acronym {
  cursor: help;
  border-bottom: 1px dotted #777;
}
blockquote {
  margin: 10px 15px;
  padding: 0 0 0 25px;  
  font: bold 1.3em/1.5em "Trebuchet MS", Tahoma, arial, Sans-serif; 
  color: #2361BA;
  border: 1px solid #E5F0FB;   
  background: #F4F8FD url(CoolWater-images/quote.jpg) no-repeat 8px 6px;
}

/* start - table */
table {
  border-collapse: collapse;
  margin: 10px 15px;  
}
th strong {
  color: #fff;
}
th {
  background: #306bc1 url(CoolWater-images/button-bg.jpg) repeat-x 0 0; 
  height: 35px;
  padding-left: 12px;
  padding-right: 12px;
  color: #fff;
  text-align: left;
  border: 1px solid #306bc1;
  border-bottom-width: 2px;
}
tr {
  height: 32px;
  background: #fff;  
}
td {
  padding-left: 12px;
  padding-right: 12px;
  border: 1px solid #E5F0FB; 
}
/* end - table */

/* form elements */
form {
  margin:10px 15px; 
  padding: 10px 0;
  border: 1px solid #E5F0FB; 
  background: #F4F8FD;
}
fieldset {
  margin: 0;  padding: 0;
  border: none;
}
legend {
  display: none;
}
label {
  display:block;
  font-weight:bold;
  margin: 7px 0;
}
input {
  padding:3px;
  border: 1px solid #E5F0FB; 
  font: normal 1em Verdana, sans-serif;
  color:#777;  
}
textarea {
  width:400px;
  padding:3px;
  font: normal 1em Verdana, sans-serif;
  border: 1px solid #E5F0FB; 
  height:100px;
  display:block;
  color:#777;
}
input.button { 
  font: bold 12px Arial, Sans-serif; 
  height: 28px;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 2px 3px; 
  color: #fff;
  background: #306bc1 url(CoolWater-images/button-bg.jpg) repeat-x 0 0; 
  border: 1px solid #306bc1;
}

/* search form */
.searchform {
  background-color: transparent;
  border: none;  
  margin: 0; 
  padding: 5px 0 5px 0;  
  width: 180px;  
}
.searchform p { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
.searchform input.textbox { 
  width: 110px;
  color: #777; 
  height: 20px;
  padding: 2px;  
  border: 1px solid #D2E8F7; 
  vertical-align: top;
}
.searchform input.button { 
  width: 55px;
  height: 26px;
  padding: 2px 5px;
  vertical-align: top;
}

/********************************************
   LAYOUT
********************************************/ 
#wrap {
  width: 790px;
  background: #CCC url(CoolWater-images/content.jpg) repeat-y center top;
  margin: 0 auto;
  text-align: left;
}
#content-wrap {
  clear: both;
  width: 760px;  
  margin: 5px auto;
  padding: 0;   
}
#header {
  position: relative;
  height: 131px;
  background: #caced1 url(CoolWater-images/header.jpg) no-repeat center top;
  padding: 0;  
  color: #fff;  
}
#header h1#logo-text a {
  position: absolute;
  margin: 0; padding: 0;
  font: bolder 55px 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: -3px;
  color: #fff;
  text-transform: none;
  text-decoration: none;
  background: transparent;
  
  /* change the values of top and left to adjust the position of the logo*/
  top: 18px; left: 35px;  
}
#header p#slogan {
  position: absolute;
  margin: 0; padding: 0;
  font: bold 13px 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Sans-serif;
  text-transform: none;
  color: #FFF;
  
  /* change the values of top and left to adjust the position of the slogan*/
  top: 80px; left: 50px;    
}

/* header links */
#header #header-links {
  position: absolute;
  color: #C6DDEE;
  font: bold 14px"Trebuchet MS", Arial, Tahoma, Sans-serif;
  top: 20px; right: 20px;  
}
#header #header-links a {  
  color: #fff;
  text-decoration: none;  
}
#header #header-links a:hover {
  color: #D4FF55;  
}

/* navigation */
#menu {
  clear: both;  
  margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;
  background: #81C524 url(CoolWater-images/menu.jpg) no-repeat;  
  font: bold 16px/40px "trebuchet MS", Arial, Tahoma, Sans-serif;
  height: 40px;
  width: 790px;  
}
#menu ul {
  float: left;
  list-style: none;
  margin:0; padding: 0 0 0 20px;
}
#menu ul li {
  display: inline;
}
#menu ul li a {
  display: block;
  float: left;
  padding: 0 12px;
  color: #fff;  
  text-decoration: none;
  background: url(CoolWater-images/sep.jpg) no-repeat 100% 100%;
}
#menu ul li a:hover {
  color: #3b5e0b;  
}
#menu ul li#current a {  
  color: #3b5e0b;
}

/* Main Column */
#main {
  float: left;
  width: 555px;
  margin: 0; padding: 20px 0 0 0; 
  display: inline;
  background: url(CoolWater-images/box.jpg) no-repeat;   
}
#main h2 {
  font: normal 180% 'Trebuchet MS', Tahoma, Arial, Sans-serif;
  padding: 0;   
  margin-bottom: 0;    
  color: #2666c3;
}
#main h2 a {
  color: #2666c3;
  text-decoration: none;  
}

#main p, #main h1, #main h2, #main h3, #main ol, #main ul,
#main blockquote, #main table, #main form {
  margin-left: 20px;
  margin-right: 25px;
}
#main ul li {
  list-style-image: url(CoolWater-images/bullet.gif); 
}

/* Sidebar */  
#sidebar {
  float: right;
  width: 195px;
  padding: 0; margin: 10px 0 0 0;  
  color: #777;  
}  
#sidebar h2 {
  margin: 15px 5px 10px 5px;
  font: bold 1.4em 'Trebuchet MS', Tahoma, Sans-serif;
  color: #555;  
}
#sidebar p {
  margin-left: 5px;
}

#sidebar ul.sidemenu {
  list-style: none;
  text-align: left;
  margin: 7px 10px 8px 0; padding: 0;
  text-decoration: none;  
  border-top: 1px solid #A9D4EF;  
}
#sidebar ul.sidemenu li {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 4px 0 4px 5px;
  margin: 0 2px;  
  color: #777;  
  border-bottom: 1px solid #D2E8F7; 
}
* html body #sidebar ul.sidemenu li {
  height: 1%;
}
#sidebar ul.sidemenu li a {
  text-decoration: none;  
  color: #1773BC;        
}
#sidebar ul.sidemenu li a:hover {  
  color: #333;
}
#sidebar ul.sidemenu ul { margin: 0 0 0 5px; padding: 0; }
#sidebar ul.sidemenu ul li { border: none; }

/* Footer */  
#footer {
  color: #C6DDEE;
  background: #caced1 url(CoolWater-images/footer.jpg) no-repeat center top;
  clear: both;
  width: 790px;
  height: 57px;
  text-align: center;  
  font-size: 90%;  
}
#footer p { 
  padding: 10px 0;
  margin: 0;
}
#footer a { 
  color: #fff;
  text-decoration: none; 
}

/* post footer */
.post-footer {
  background: #F4F8FD;
  padding: 5px; margin: 20px 25px 0 25px;
  border: 1px solid #E5F0FB; 
  font-size: 95%;  
}
.post-footer .date {  padding-left: 0px; margin: 0 5px; }
.post-footer .comments { padding-left: 0px; margin: 0 5px; }
.post-footer .readmore { padding-left: 0px; margin: 0 5px; }

.post-by { font-size: .95em;  margin-top: 0;  }

/* alignment classes */
.float-left  { float: left; }
.float-right { float: right; }
.align-left  { text-align: left; }
.align-right { text-align: right; }

/* clearing */
.fix {
  clear: both;
  height: 1px;
  margin: -1px 0 0;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.clear { display:inline-block; }
.clear:after {
  display:block;
  visibility:hidden;
  clear:both;
  height:0;
  content: " ";
}


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